Publicaties

The Atchakpa freshwater reservoir (Ouémé Basin, Benin) was found to harbour an unexpected population of a cichlid species that was presumed to be Sarotherodon melanotheron. This species became dominant in the reservoir and became the main fisheries target species. We applied DNA barcoding to identify this population. Besides specimens from the reservoir, we also sequenced S. melanotheron from its native range in Benin at the lower Ouémé and Sô ...

Based on their catches, this study describes the length-weight relationships (LWRs), length-length relationships (LLRs), and condition factors (K) of the 30 most common actinopterygian fish found in the Mono basin. A total of 6,591 specimens were caught, using multiple gears and fishing methods, between February 201! and May 2014. The allometric b coefficient of the LWRs (BW = a x TLb) ranged between 2.650 for Polypterus senegalus and 3.468 for ...

Morphometry characteristics combined with genetic markers are powerful tools used for determining honey bee subspecies. Bees samples collected from 94 established apiaries distributed throughout all of the Republic of Benin were morphometricaly characterized using seven parameters and the COI-COII regions of mitochondrial DMA were sequenced. Based on the morphometric data the native honey bees could be divided into three distinct ecotypes - the ...

Introduction
Achieving universal health coverage will require that states have the right capacity to develop and implement appropriate policies that address the most urgent problems. One essential dimension is health financing. Currently, still little is known on how health financing policies are translated into reality for beneficiaries in low-and middle-income countries. The story of the user fee exemption policies (UFEP) in West-Africa ...

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) is the most widespread mycobacterial disease in the world after leprosy and tuberculosis. How M. ulcerans is introduced into the skin of humans remains unclear, but it appears that individuals living in the same environment may have different susceptibilities. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine whether frequent contacts with natural water sources, family relationship or the practice ...

'Serological evidence of the existence of a wild reservoir of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in the Pendjari biosphere reservation in the Republic of Benin': In the national park of Pendjari, situated in the North-West of Benin, 91 wild animals, belonging to seven species, were darted. Thick and thin blood smears were examined for trypanosomes and plasma for trypanolytic antibodies against 6 antigenic variants of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. ...

This paper presents Cantharellus solidus, a new species from the Guineo-Sudanian part of Benin (West Africa). C. solidus is likely close to the C. lateritius-comp\ex and occurs in forest galleries dominated by Berlinia grandiflora and Uapaca togoensis. Data from specimens collected in B6nin were compiled and compared with data available on a number of closely related taxa. Illustrations of macroscopy and microscopy are given, as well as ...

Introduction
Achieving universal health coverage will require that states have the right capacity to develop and implement appropriate policies that address the most urgent problems. One essential dimension is health financing. Currently, still little is known on how health financing policies are translated into reality for beneficiaries in low-and middle-income countries. The story of the user fee exemption policies (UFEP) in West-Africa ...